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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>The most interesting part of this is that Logan appears
to duplicated the very same stupid act that the General and his staff did.
How smart is that? It appears that chief foreign correspondents really are
foreign to reality and do not learn from history or others mistakes. Now the
question becomes who would and why should anyone trust Logan or anything that
Logan reports To go a step further, if CBS keeps Logan on staff, one has
to question the truth and accuracy of CBS' reporting and their functioning as an
independent source of the news rather than a PR agency for the U.S.
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=ewj@pigs.ag
href="mailto:ewj@pigs.ag">E.Wayne Johnson</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, June 30, 2010 12:25 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net
href="mailto:peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net">peace discuss</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [Peace-discuss] matt taibbi on why most journalists
suck</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<P>Anyone who wants to know why network television news hasn't mattered since
the seventies just needs to check out this appearance by Logan. Here's CBS's
<EM>chief foreign correspondent</EM> saying out loud on TV that when the man
running a war that's killing thousands of young men and women every year steps
on his own dick in front of a journalist, that journalist is supposed to eat the
story so as not to embarrass the flag. And the part that really gets me is Logan
bitching about how Hastings was dishonest to use human warmth and charm to build
up enough of a rapport with his sources that they felt comfortable running their
mouths off in front of him. According to Logan, that's sneaky and journalists
aren't supposed to be sneaky:</P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN-LEFT: 40px">"What I find is the most telling
thing about what Michael Hastings said in your interview is that he talked about
his manner as pretending to build an illusion of trust and, you know, he's laid
out there what his game is
That is exactly the kind of damaging type of
attitude that makes it difficult for reporters who are genuine about what they
do, who don't I don't go around in my personal life pretending to be one thing
and then being something else. I mean, I find it egregious that anyone would do
that in their professional life."</P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">When I first heard her say that, I thought to
myself, "That has to be a joke. It's sarcasm, right?" But then I went back and
replayed the clip no sarcasm! She meant it! If I'm hearing Logan correctly,
what Hastings is supposed to have done in that situation is interrupt these
drunken assholes and say, "Excuse me, fellas, I know we're all having fun and
all, but you're saying things that may not be in your best interest! As a
reporter, it is my duty to inform you that you may end up looking like
insubordinate douche bags in front of two million <EM>Rolling Stone</EM> readers
if you don't shut your mouths this very instant!"</P></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><A
href="http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/matt-taibbi/blogs/TaibbiData_May2010/122137/83512">http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/matt-taibbi/blogs/TaibbiData_May2010/122137/83512</A></FONT></DIV><BR>--
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